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Battle of the sea: Golf-ball sized suction marks covering a shark off Hawaii are signs of a fight between the predatory fish and a giant squid
Daily Mail ^ | 9 June 2020 | RYAN MORRISON

Posted on 06/09/2020 8:47:06 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

An oceanic whitetip shark was found covered in suction-like scars on its side These scars had to have been made by the tentacles of a giant squid species Researchers say its the first evidence of a fight between a shark and giant squid

Until now fights between massive cephalopods and giant sharks were only speculative, due to the fact squids live at over 3,000ft under the ocean surface.

He said while he couldn't say exactly which species, it had to be large.

White dots found on the body of the shark were made by the narrow parts of the tentacle as the squid fought of the massive fish.

Researchers say this could be a sign that whitetips are able to hunt in deeper waters than previously assumed

The shark may have been using pilot whales as a way to detect deeper prey for it to feast upon - and that's when it found the giant squid that left it with scars.

There is a theory that sharks have a particularly fondness for giant squid meat, with researchers claiming they are seen hanging out in an empty patch of ocean.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cryptobiology; giantsquid; ocean; pearlywhite; sealife; shark; suckers; whitetipshark; wildlife
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To: IYAS9YAS

Unless you draw your Anti-Sea Bear Circle! (It can’t be an oval, it has to be a circle!)


21 posted on 06/09/2020 9:13:20 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Giant Sucking Sound! (Apologies to the late patriot Ross Perot, misguided as he was re: WJC)


22 posted on 06/09/2020 9:13:45 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Fiji Hill

There are a few videos on youtube showing much larger Humboldt squid attacking a diver.

Here’s one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hv17U2z2q0


23 posted on 06/09/2020 9:14:15 AM PDT by JohnnyP (Thinking is hard work (I stole that from Rush).)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
The next Spielberg monster (pun intended) hit movie: ARMS!
24 posted on 06/09/2020 9:15:40 AM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: G Larry

Those darn Summer Interns! Those students screw up so much!
Which Intern? I can’t remember.


25 posted on 06/09/2020 9:16:08 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Fiji Hill

Used to mess with the tiny squid around Key West Very cool to get them to squirt ink, and try to disappear while I was visually distracted by the ink.


26 posted on 06/09/2020 9:16:14 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I guess if you’re thousands of feet under water, the ability to pull a lot of suction can really do some damage.


27 posted on 06/09/2020 9:21:41 AM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: vespa300

I’d be rooting for the shark. What’s a giant squid ever done for me?


28 posted on 06/09/2020 9:22:10 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Coming this summer on the Sci-Fi channel: “Squidnado!”


29 posted on 06/09/2020 9:25:05 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: Red Badger

As long as they don’t release the Karen.


30 posted on 06/09/2020 9:26:20 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: dfwgator; Rebelbase; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON

31 posted on 06/09/2020 9:27:45 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: DUMBGRUNT

32 posted on 06/09/2020 9:33:54 AM PDT by abb
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To: GreenHornet

Coming this summer on the Sci-Fi channel: “Squidnado!”

Shark week! Equal time for Squid week!!!

And maybe a crossover of Shark vs Squid?
(NO Jets)


33 posted on 06/09/2020 9:39:22 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: Robert DeLong

 

 

 

34 posted on 06/09/2020 9:41:21 AM PDT by Bratch (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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To: bramps

Calamari?


35 posted on 06/09/2020 9:41:56 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: abb

What happened to Queequeg?
Looks more like Ishmael?

Clearly a job for Queequeg!!!


36 posted on 06/09/2020 9:42:50 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: Bratch

Lol at the Mooch.


37 posted on 06/09/2020 9:46:00 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Fire Fauci)
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To: gundog

Jerry Nadler beached?


38 posted on 06/09/2020 10:00:08 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Kirk Douglas’ Ned Land in Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Watched that movie on Disney + a couple of months ago. It still works after 65 years.

https://disney.fandom.com/wiki/Ned_Land


39 posted on 06/09/2020 10:01:25 AM PDT by abb
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To: DUMBGRUNT

bookmark


40 posted on 06/09/2020 10:09:34 AM PDT by DFG
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